Eating Disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.

0)
Instructions: The following questions are concerned with the past four weeks (28 days) only.
Please read each question carefully. Please answer all the questions. Thank you.

Questions 1 to 12: Please circle the appropriate number on the right. Remember that the questions only refer to
the past four weeks (28 days) only.

NO 1-5 6-12 13-15 16-22 23-27 EVERY

ON HOW MANY OF THE PAST 28 DAYS ...
DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAY

Have you been deliberately trying to limit the amount of

1 food you eat to influence your shape or weight (whether 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
or not you have succeeded)?

Have you gone for long periods of time (8 waking hours or

2 more) without eating anything at all in order to influence 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
your shape or weight?

Have you tried to exclude from your diet any foods

3 that you like in order to influence your shape or weight 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
(whether or not you have succeeded)?

Have you tried to follow definite rules regarding your eating

4 (for example, a calorie limit) in order to influence your shape 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
or weight (whether or not you have succeeded)?

Have you had a definite desire to have an empty stomach

5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
with the aim of influencing your shape or weight?

Have you had a definite desire to have a totally flat

6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
stomach?

Has thinking about food, eating or calories made it very

7 difficult to concentrate on things you are interested in (for 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
example, working, following a conversation, or reading)?

Has thinking about shape or weight made it very

8 difficult to concentrate on things you are interested in (for 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
example, working, following a conversation, or reading)?

9 Have you had a definite fear of losing control over eating? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

10 Have you had a definite fear that you might gain weight? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

11 Have you felt fat? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

12 Have you had a strong desire to lose weight? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

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 Eating Disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0)
Questions 13-18: Please fill in the appropriate number in the boxes on the right. Remember that the questions
only refer to th past four weeks (28 days).
Over the past four weeks (28 days)….

Over the past 28 days, how many times have you eaten what other people would regards as an unusually
13
large amount of food (given the circumstances)?

14 … On how many of these times did you have a sense of having lost control over your eating (at the time
you were eating)?

Over the past 28 days, on how many DAYS have such episodes of overeating occurred (i.e. you have eaten
15
an unusually large amount of food and have had a sense of loss of control at the time)?

Over the past 28 days, how many times have you made yourself sick (vomit) as a means of controlling your
16
shape or weight?

Over the past 28 days, how many times have you taken laxatives as a means of controlling your shape or
17
weight?

Over the past 28 days, how many times have you exercised in a “driven” or “compulsive” way as a means of
18
controlling your weight, shape or amount of fat, or to burn off calories?

Questions 19 to 21: Please circle the appropriate number. Please note that for these questions the term “binge
eating” means eating what others would regard as an unusually large amount of food for the circumstances,
accompanied by a sense of having lost control over eating.

NO 1-5 6-12 13-15 16-22 23-27 EVERY

DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAY

Over the past 28 days, on how many days have

19 you eaten in secret (ie, furtively)? … Do not 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
count episodes of binge eating.
None of the A few of the Less than Half of the More than Most of the
Every time
times times half times half time

On what proportion of the times that you have

eaten have you felt guilty (felt that you’ve done
20 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
wrong) because of its effect on your shape or
weight? … Do not count episodes of binge eating.

Not at all Slightly Moderately Markedly

Over the past 28 days, how concerned have you

21 been about other people seeing you eat? … Do 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
not count episodes of binge eating.

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 Eating Disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0)
Questions 22 to 28: Please circle the appropriate number on the right. Remember that the questions only refer
to the past four weeks (28 days).

NOT
ON HOW MANY OVER THE PAST 28 DAYS ... SLIGHTLY MODERATELY MARKEDLY
AT ALL

Has your weight influenced how you think about (judge)

22 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
yourself as a person?

Has your shape influenced how you think about (judge)

23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
yourself as a person?

How much would it have upset you if you had been asked
24 to weigh yourself once a week (no more, or less, often) for 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
the next four weeks?

25 How dissatisfied have you been with your weight? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

26 How dissatisfied have you been with your shape? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

How uncomfortable have you felt seeing your body (for

27 example, seeing your shape in the mirror, in a shop window 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
reflection, while undressing or taking a bath or shower)?

How uncomfortable have you felt about others seeing your

28 shape or figure (for example, in communal changing rooms, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
when swimming, or wearing tight clothes)?

What is your weight at present? (Please give your best estimate.):

What is your height? (Please give your best estimate.):

If female: Over the past three to four months have you missed any menstrual periods?: YES NO

If so, how many?:

Have you been taking the “pill”?: YES NO

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